syrian capital's wrong by twenty last targeting army command headquarters expose is taking place just a day after the rebels claimed responsibility for a bomb attacks that hit a security compound in damascus. the ongoing syrian violence dominates the u.n. gathering with calls for asa to step down and threats to intervene intensified by harsh rhetoric fails to bring countries any closer to finding a solution to the crisis. and pain in spain perhaps there's a little impeachment for dread as

a police try to stop thousands from storming the country's parliament in anger of the harshest era cuts. this is r.t. coming to live from moscow i'm marina josh to syria first were massive blast rocked the capital damascus on wednesday morning twin explosions that the authorities have already called terror attacks targeted major government buildings and came just a day after two other blasts hit a security compound year is in the region brings us the details. two massive explosions rocked the syrian capital of damascus early on wednesday morning they happened to near the command headquarters of the army and the air force they were just minutes apart they also happened not far from one of the main squares of the capital city now they shattered the glass of windows of nearby buildings with some

people reporting hearing those explosions several kilometers away in fact some eyewitnesses have gone as far as to say it was the largest explosion in damascus since fighting broke out there several months ago this part of the city is covered now with huge plumes of smoke the ambulances rushed to the scene the police have cordoned off the area to prevent traffic and people from getting closer we were also receiving reports that the ministry of defense is on fire now the syrian information minister has said that the explosions were caused by two roadside bombs one of which he says may have been planted inside the grounds of the army command headquarters he did deny initial reports that there were casualties saying that no civilians or army personnel had been hurt in these explosions and this does seem plausible because it happened at around seven o'clock in the morning local time the explosions also occurred not far from the headquarters of syrian state television

they are calling them a terrorist attack so far no rebel group has come forward to claim responsibility for these attacks and they come just one day after rebels blew up a school building in damascus which they say was being used for military training so certainly the situation in the syrian capital extremely tense with a string of attacks now coming almost daily possibly reporting there now intensified terror attacks on the syrian capital however did not receive much condemnation from the u.n. is general seemly is meeting in new york this week instead it's calls for regime change that have grown louder with u.s. president barack obama setting the mood by reiterating his commitment to forcing bashar asad to go in. term qatar one of the states believed to be supplying the syrian rebels with weapons called on arab nations to intervene in syria bypassing the world body. has been calling the hottest year being addressed in new york to now. every world leader or high figure that took to the podium at the united

nations general assembly on tuesday did address the crisis in syria the secretary general ban ki-moon described the war in syria as a regional calamity with global ramifications he urged the international community to act quickly with consensus before he says the crisis spirals out of control some western leaders took a more aggressive approach with their rhetoric french president francois hollande said that the syrian government of bashar assad has no future are among the international community and called on the un to immediately pride protections for the syrian opposition groups that are currently occupying the northern part of the country u.s. president barack obama also released some criticism additional criticism of bashar al assad saying that time has come for his government to go and the u.s. president also said that the international community should support the vision that the syrians have for the future of their country now we do know that the u.s.

and its western allies have been pushing for regime change in syria have been pushing for sanctions against syria russia is among the countries that believes diplomatic approach taken to the crisis in syria were i dialogue between the government and the opposition house to be created the united nations is still divided over how to resolve the problem in syria well russia reaffirmed its commitment to peace efforts in syria's foreign minister sergey lavrov un special envoy lakhdar brahimi on the sidelines of the gathering and promised full support for his mission and commenting in the western proposals in syria voiced at the u.n. dot com home from foreign policy in focus it's the persistent call for regime change the brought the situation to a steel meter in the first place. you can't call for the replacement of a regime and then expect to have a diplomatic solution so when president obama said also has to be replaced what

would ben who used to do the negotiating team to meet with the solution here was he regionally basically the one that both russia and china oppose which is that you get a cease fire you don't talk about regime change and discipline batched part of the negotiation as part of the diplomatic process and i don't see that happening sean borne it and as the united states and france and turkey and the gulf cooperation council particularly daryn so you radio are trying to initiate in engineer regime change so i'm all discouraged about where it's going to go from here but if it doesn't have a diplomatic solution i think the recalls are going to be just disastrous well while the euro's won't be the only ones addressing those gathered at the u.n. headquarters in new york to learn his son who still ensconced in the ecuadorian embassy in london the spot his status as a political refugee will also make an appearance though

a virtual one via video broadcasts and will exclusively bring that live to you wednesday at twenty two thirty g.m.t. . was. madrid has turned into a conflict zone as fierce clashes between rights protesters and police in golf the spanish capital over sixty people have been injured in the violence with scenes of police brutality seen in the crowds and all comes after thousands took to the streets to rage against a stare and cutbacks and tax hikes artistic of greece was in the middle of it all. tens of thousands of people were out on the streets in numbers but then it turned someone on it was so protesters throwing projectiles at police there's also a call some thought of fireworks being set off in and around the mass with them

police moved in in force and they've pushed back those demonstrators chased down making forcible arrests we see a large number being detained a large number being injured in the proceedings that followed taken away by ambulances now this is being a racially dog keep the parliament and the intention originally will surround the parliament here in madrid and try to get their message out and see austerity of noble cuts to health care spending in education the salaries and i'm sure watching this huge squad of us the full display on both sides we've heard the chant throughout the course of the weapons hands. now when it comes to austerity well we hear reports as a budget on this issue will be discussed later this week by the correspondence government projecting the budget for next year and we're already hearing that

potentially there could be a freeze when it comes to cuts the well health cuts to spending on education that could really be seen as a backlash from what we've seen so far i'm sorry yes that mr asians that have been golfing space amateurism and recent problems. more violence is predicted in the spanish capital mindstate as organizers of the protests are reportedly going to try to storm the country's parliament once again carlos del kos is a sociologist and says the economic turmoil in spain has turned a whole generation of citizens into immigrants. if push it whether or not this is worth it is a question for the government and for the choice of the european union that you're seeing out here right now is the spanish and by extension their opinion citizenry reacting against austerity all sturdy right now is at a level where it's affecting people's daily lives is affecting whether or not people can get medical attention is affecting whether or not people can advance

socially the education and social progress what you're seeing is a country where an entire generation is being relegated to a class of immigrants people that have been invested in with public money to be educated are now going to move out and generate wealth in other countries that's not a project for a country being wild child poverty in spain has increased exponentially the first thing that the government can do is call for a referendum on paying back the debt and on the constitutional amendment that they may now find more on the mass protests and further violence on the streets of madrid and our website r t v dot com all the aerials five photos of the brutal police response as officers fired rubber bullets and batons charged protesters and witnesses accounts and he's from protesters also available at r.t. dot com. after rolling away for a protest over a prisoner abuse scandal in georgia is gaining momentum and has even now across the

atlantic hundreds of georgians georgia nationals rather gathered outside the united nations where president me and saakashvili was delivering a speech at the general assembly the protesters and the georgian president along with prosecution officials take full responsibility for their implication in a prison brutality scandal several thousand students also packed into the georgian capital to voice their anger over the shocking video taken in the prison the protests are all coming just ahead of parliamentary elections in georgia on the first of october leaving presents actually scrambling to save face and seriously undermining his ratings. now coming up on the program saving the lives of pilots but showing no mercy to civilians the death toll from u.s. drone strikes in pakistan is much higher than previously claimed. also the perks of being minister top british politicians get caught up in scandals or their business likes as he just can't seem to keep their hands out of the cookie jar.

plus. chinese people boycott japanese goods over the disputed island called flick forcing toyota to coproduction the sales will of this and other stories of the children. in japan the average height for men is one hundred eighty two centimeters and ten centimeters shorter because of that some employers refused to hire me one of them even told me directly that i was too short to deal with the clients computers already spent three months in this hospital and plans to stay for another four to add the coveted seven santa majors to his stature invented by the famed soviet orthopedic. in the nineteen fifties these frames were initially used to treat fractures in deformities by cutting bones and slowly pulling them up for their for stimulating tissue regeneration it was out of was able to receive arms and legs and

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a russian girl who found he's a regional hide quite endearing yet he still went ahead with this surgery adding seven more centimeters to he self-confidence she told me the whole time you're crazy you're normal you're perfect. so now or so they call you so what a compliment for somebody who's used to falling short of his own expectations. or a juice and creative. elegant and full and public speaking. for. a few european bodybuilders against millions of weak immigrants. which may not seem so serious now. but this could be

a real threat to. european extremists. on. wealthy british soil but it's there. in. the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the kinds of reports. you're watching r.t. live from moscow welcome back as britain reveals its plans for more and more stary measures cutting welfare support for many already struggling it seems a number of top politicians aren't so willing to rein in their jet set lifestyle so their close links to the country's business elite are undermining people's trust in them. now explains. the london headquarters for shell second largest company in the world can get that far without having friends in high places

apparently not it's a march that the oil giant has been cozying up to none other than the u.k. business secretary dr vince cable cables been described as the moral center of the coalition government has even pegged by some to succeed nick clegg as leader of the liberal democrats but it's all been called into question over his links to the company behind me he acted as chief economist for the company in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. in a letter to sent to the business secretary from the c.e.o. of shell back in march of this year the oil executive thanked the right honorable m.p. for being the contact minister for shell during cable's time that shell is faced with a number of lawsuits including and i kid station of propping up a violent act to ship and a summary execution of nine activists in nigeria but fifteen million dollars later that was settled out of court the company's questionable human rights record hasn't affected easy access to u.k.

government officials just last month it was revealed that shell around so-called schmoozer thought to senior government minister says disguised this training course says but just how close is too close defense minister liam fox found out last year he had to stand down from his job. that is best friend businessman adam verity had a company to him on a seems different meetings overseas this year culture secretary jeremy hunt was revealed to have just been so friendly with the bosses of news international that he exchanged hundreds of text messages with them while overseeing that bid to take over the largest broadcasting company in the u.k. hunt wasn't stopped but moved on to become head of the health department many observers say it's the u.k. ministers lack of accountability in relation to accusation. and such as these that concerns them the most. now are watching right to life in moscow plenty more is

available now website r.t. dot com so had there for them using it may have missed on. the long way home to learn why to polish families still can't pay their own last respects to their relatives who lost their lives in a plane crash in russia which killed ninety five people including the ones president elect machines. only a month after paying close to ten million dollars for breaches of privacy facebook looks to be at it again find out what the latest and ad research means for users. drone strikes in pakistan have killed and traumatized more civilians down the u.s.

government is willing to admit an independent report from two of america's top law schools shows a serious misrepresentation of the lethal strikes and contradicts washington's claims a few innocent deaths john amec from the brave new foundation hopes the study opens the door for more accurate information. of the government said it's exceedingly rare but civilians have been killed as a result of these drone strikes they even say they do they put the number in single digits which is absurd based on a host of different organizations that follow these things there has not been the kind of critical reporting that should happen on something of such a magnitude another problem is how the government classifies people in this region any mail above the age of eighteen is considered a militant by the government's own. two faced. it's asians about who is who is targeted how they are targeted who is a militant what milton actually means to the government. there are too many

contradictions or for this to be true so. it is definitely worth something. else take a look at some other stories from around the world hundreds of people in the u.k. have been forced from their homes as heavy rains continue to fall one driver was lucky to escape the floodwaters one an emergency worker was able to push her cart to safety several others had to be rescued by a lifeboat the u.k.'s environment agency warrants the waters are likely to rise further. gyptian newspaper has published a series of cartoons in response to the offensive caricaturists of the prophet muhammad that recently appeared in a french magazine one cartoon shows the burning world trade center through a pair of spectacles with a caption western glasses for the islamic world while another shows a flashlight painted with an american flag highlighting an arab man holding a bloody knife while the true picture of islam goes on seen many egyptians have

applauded the cartoons as a civilized response to the french publication. demonstrators are rallying outside a south african court house where a political activist is being charged with corruption he's accused of laundering proceeds from illegal public contracts and using the money to buy himself a car and plot of land he supports the charges as a government attempt to silence the lamb it has used in recent amassed at south africa's mines in these criticisms president jacob zuma. right now straight to the world of business and very interesting to see how everything is interconnected we see a conflict between china and japan over disputed islands and then you'll tell us what damage does it have to the world of business all chinese people are now refusing to buy japanese goods in protest of this fall's toyota to react they also enjoy slashing production in china the world's biggest car market after sales they collapsed sixty percent of the top japanese firms already halted production off the security fears china is the country's biggest trading partner and the whole issues

hurting sentiment in japan as we can see here tokyo slid two percent today rival called make a honda skidded more than twice that of the bank cut it from boy to hold you markets lower in the morning there is greece braces for a general strike over french spending cuts and the euro is near one we've lows on the greenback after those violent and two is there to protest in madrid the most schools rising u.s. crude stockpiles said the old price to seven with lows that's hurting energy stocks in particular myname it sure looks to sell a stake in the company as they struggle to cut their. head in from their two week lows off the slashing production targets and weak crude prices the simple majors there also making the biggest push yet to transform its crumbling infrastructure selling forty six billion dollars in government bonds because we ministry boring because to overhaul rollways gas fields and airports as well as build a new ring road run the most a region have been called an exception investment for foreign trade has been

a source as it merges roads which will. about the whole yield guaranteed but by the states who wouldn't want those in your portfolio that's the latest news and interviews on the website right of you dan thanks very much for this and looking forward to more next hour well in fact in just a few minutes we once again turned to the conflict in syria and talk to author. and political analyst william and dall on what he thinks is washington's ultimate goal in the ongoing crisis.

more news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are old today . the friendship asian of russia has started again after two hundred years up at the . jet. has arrived from overseas to lead the army i have to really take my time to prepare myself to get it right. the bloody battle near moscow is going to start over.

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so many burning issues in the world today it's important that we're all as informed as we can be now one man that's more informed than most is william n. bell geo political analyst and author of the book myth lice and oil wars and he joins me right now thanks very much for speaking to us thank you syria is of course the main issue at the moment globally just how close are we to seeing a foreign military intervention in that country well the worst in particular who washington has been trying for seventeen now eighteen months almost to blow syria's sky high and spread the chaos to iran because iran is the real target of the whole syrian destabilisation i think we're on the cost of the potentiality for a world war three you have the superpower involvement of the united states as the behind the scenes kind of pop master of what's going on from the air to one

government and just stumbled in turkey or two on has been heavily pressured by hillary clinton the u.s. state department to massively intervene in syria he's been heavily pressured inside his own cabinet to not intervene because twenty three percent of the turkish population is alawite most of them are the same as assad it's minority in syria and most turks regard the syrians as brothers they're not don't see them as enemies the potential of syria to blow up is far greater than. anything that i've seen in more than thirty years of geopolitical analysis this is really playing with a fire that could go wildly out of control and some people obviously want that in the middle east but he benefits from syria being out of control i think the the operation would be rolled into a destabilization of iran very rapidly not a military intervention i think this is all smoke and mirrors on the part of israel so you're saying that iran.